1,037 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,933 ft to a summit of
6,970 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
3 five-hundred-foot bands.
1,037
ft vertical
5,933
ft base
6,970
ft summit
4
uphill lifts
233
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
5,500–6,0003 ac · 14.8° · ESE221 mm
6,000–6,500135 ac · 16.7° · SE222 mm
6,500–7,00095 ac · 16.1° · SSE222 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
5
Lift length
3.5 km
Steepest band
16.7°
Operator
—
Coordinates
44.3321, -103.8333
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
5,500–6,000
3
14.8
easier
ESE
118
221
6,000–6,500
135
16.7
more difficult
SE
133
222
6,500–7,000
95
16.1
more difficult
SSE
154
222
Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's
aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles.
NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at
that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.
How this mountain gets scored
the verification station
North Rapid Creek SNOTEL (920:SD:SNTL) is
14.5 km away at 6,150 ft —
820 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation,
snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only
truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain
will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.